caller

caller
caller c.1500, "one who proclaims," agent noun from CALL (Cf. call) (v.). Meaning "one who announces step changes at a dance" is recorded from 1882; "one who places a telephone call," 1898. Meaning "a social visitor" is attested from 1786.

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